So, there’s a thunderstorm alert, the revelers have been asked to take shelter. Some are refusing. Almost all the buildings are closed, since it’s a holiday. Some have taken shelter in the National Museum of African American History and Culture, prompting the remark that conservatives have finally been brought to visit there. The Chinese scholars are saying Heaven has stripped us of its Mandate. The Jews are talking about Jewish space lasers.
Boize moi!
The socialist Nathan Newman has written a good explainer on how it is that the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have both produced one of the worst policy platforms and some of the best politicians of our time. The entire piece is worth reading.
Today the Roberts Court handed down a decision in Trump v Slaughter in which the Six Oathbreakers of the Roberts Court decided that regulatory agencies couldn’t possible be independent of the king, er, President unless they were the Federal Reserve and also made a shout-out to the traitors of the Confederacy. Paul Krugman remarked that this decision “makes it extremely difficult for the economy to function.” There’s a lot of legal and economic commentary by experts, and I am here adding a few notes of my own.
A short piece, intended to clear the air.
If 25% of the population believed that a creature called ‘Glonzo’ caused high power prices by chewing through transmission lines, any competent politician would be negligent in not trying to find a way to exploit this. – William B. Fuckley
Antifa shows up ready to rumble; the fascists show up ready to kill. – Raven Onthill
The past 24 hours have really been something; I think I’ve posted more snark on Bluesky than I have in any previous day. I’ve collected the posts here, to establish a baseline.
Why do I even bother doing theory when we’re going to be hip-deep in ICE, and there’s probably going to be a global recession that will make 2008 look like a picnic?
Everyone brace!
Unlike SARS-2 before it emerged, hantavirus is known and has been studied; it is nowhere near as contagious as covid. But…
The world knows this is not just Trump’s work. Trump was allowed to become president a second time after inciting a treasonous insurrection. A majority of both houses of Congress and Supreme Court justices have supported him in his depredations. Until these demons are exorcised, the United States is not trustworthy and wise foreign leaders will not see it as so.
The United States is not going to be forgiven the disaster this war with Iran is causing, not for generations. China may rise to their newfound preeminence, as the United States did after World War II, but that is going to take time; they will not change while Xi Jinping is dictator.
